PARKS MS PLAYGROmiES IN KMTSAS CITIES 



Compiled and mimeographed by 
THE MUNICIPAL REFERENCE BUREAU 
University Extension Division ' 
University of Kansas 
Lawr e n c e , Kan s a s 



BULLETIN NO. 26 



June 1, 1921. 



i.fjNiciB.iL r::f;jk;nci: buk^au 

John G-.otutz, Ph. 3., Secretary, 
(Sacretar- ai'd -reaaurer. 
League cf Ilansas ilmiicipalities) 

Annette Garrett, A.B, Assistant Secretary, 



P/J<KS Al'D PLAYGHOUITIB IK ILU'^SiiS CIIIIIS 



A rteport on Parks and Playgrounas in Kansas Cities 
Containinc Information Secured Throush a 
Questionnaire billed out by the 
City Clerk of each city. 



Cor:T)iled and i^nalyzed 

Annette Garrjto, A3Si3ta.it Secretary, 
.lunitipal -Reference Bureau. 



^1% 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

AU616t921 

DOCUMENTS DIVISION 



c^ 



i^ A icBQ^i'i: oil ^^vai:s a-^iI PLAYimoirQs it. kaks^s. 

'ihe foilaving reiort is ccrr/piled ir. the '.ntorest of njunicii^al proQ-rei 
Eie inforraticn that has teen colT.ec-sd from :.-epi'esentative cities 3.^1 
over the state should be thou-thtf-ally coiisidered, not only by all city 
officials, "but also by citizens, T'/ho^ after all, determine tneir cities' 
policies, 

I'he insi:ir3.ticn for this bulletin -;as an inquiry fro^ a Ohaiiiber of 
CorDn-.erse, aslzin-,^ the ..ur;Le-: of ]:arlv3 in AansaJ. ^/e -..'ere unatZ.o to supply 
this infornation, and, realizinp; that this question tvarranted intensive 
stTidy on our part, v;9 sent the follo'.7in^' questionairre to every city 
clerk in the Suato: 



1. Ho^7 rnany acres of iriunicipal parks does your city have? 

2. How .liany anirals are kept in the rark? 



3. Are your parks centrr.lly located v.itl'- reference to population? 

4. Do you consider your : ark systea adequate? 

5. Have you i:lHnned co increase your park system to naet your increase in 
population? 

6. vVhat is the cost per year for park maintenance? 

7. Hcv; marLy Coiofort Stations are maintained by the City? 

6. Do yoi; conduct plai,p:TOunds? IIo'.v rrany? uhat months? 

9. How many supervisors ao you employ? 
IC. Eurin.p -.viiat hours is the ;^.laj;G-Ound supeivised? 

11. V/hat equii-ment co you have? 

12. Hov; many children irake use of "ohe ilaypround? 

13. Do you have any i.rovision lor public recreation durinp the wt.ter 
month-s? Uhat is its character? (Volley ball, ":.'a3ket tall,iswimminp, 
skat'i.nc, etc. ) 



2- 



The response to this questicnairre -.vas ..lost pleajii-.j- .md it in to 
the co-operation of the cit^,- clerks that the rea'fer should direct hit: 
thanis aiid app-^eciation for without their interest this 'Tuterial coaiu not. 
have been successfully conr^. ilod. We received answers from all but one of 
the cities of the first cla£3, from all but sixteen of the cities 6f th3 
second class, and from over half of the cities of the third claims- It may 
be safely assumed that the rpajority of those not replying, particularly 
of the cities of the third class, have no park. 

The interest displayed leads one to expect progress in the v/ay of 
park iDprover.x3nt v;ithin tho near future. Particularly .;:ratifyi2ic is the 
interest displayed by very small cities, in reviev;in^ the figures fron the 
sn-all cities, and in consideration of the long list that report no pari--, 
one nust rer.-.eraber the difficulty that v/estern Kansas meets v/hen it attempts 
that most essential to parks, the planoin/; of sra ie trees. There, where 
the problem of planting a tree is quite aaide from that of having it grow, 
it tal:es patient nur^in^' to bring the newly planted park ttrough its first 
sumr;.ers and constant care thereafter. 

An analysis of the fi -L^res given b'elo\^ revsals some of the following 
facts. Tlie cities of tho first class, v/ith a total lark acre%^-e of 1395, 
avera::^e 3C5 persons per acre. The cities of the second class, with a total 
acreage of 944 acres, averajre SC2 persons per acre. The cities of the 
third class, with a total acreage of 547 acres, -verage 235 perc^ons per 
acre. Sopn.rating the cities of the second diss into those having a po:-ula- 
tion under 5000, and those having a population over 5jjC. , the former R.-er- 
age 253 persons per acre, and the latter average 555 persons per acre. 



Let \;s nw; see ho.v there fi^jares c )rnpare v/ith individual cities 
outside of Kansas. Kansas Git-;, Mo., according to tne j^aiji Kaport for 
1919, had 25G3 acres of par>s, with an a\erage of 12C T)crsons per acre. 
Philadelphia {ficured baced on 1917 report) had 6073 acres cf parks, with 
an avera;ie of 300 persons :;er acre. Cle^/eland, in 1920, had 2400 acres, 
with an average of 333 persons per acre. Spokans, Jashir.gton, was in the 
lead in 1915 with a total of 1943 acres, or 62 porsons per acre, llinneapo- 
liSjfollaved closely with 75 persons per acre, while Letroit in 1915 had 
one acre vf park for ev^ry 1-92 persons. 

Turning no\v to the cost of maintenance per capita and per aero, we 
find that ci'cios of tli? first clasr average 25^ per capita, and :,;113.31 
per acre. Cities of the second cla^o spend 10^ per capita, and 5;42,06 per 
acre. Cities of the third class average 7^ per capita, and vl7.lO per 
acpe. (Kote that fev: cities aatually have as low as 7^ per person if they 
have a rraintenance fund at all. The averaije is pulled down by the largd 
number that report no park fund). Ci-cies of the second class, with a popu- 
lation under 5000 spend an average of 9^ per capita and .;^24.00 psr acre, 
while those v/ith a po-;ulation over 50..C average 16rJ. per capita and ^62.00 
per acre. 

Again con,paring these figures, we find that Zansas City, Lie, in 1919, 
reported a cost of vl.<ic per capita and -^157. 00 per acre. Philadelphia, in 
1917, reported the cost of iiaintenance at 45^, per capita, and -^IZo.j. per 
acre. Cleveland, for 1920, had a per capita cost of 5-V ^and spent s,-16t.00 
per acre, Spokane, i.aoiiington, in 191a, had a per capita co^t of 660 r.:;l 
a per acre cost of -,'41.5u. In ;.i5-nxieapoiis, in 1915, the cose of rraint-cyiance 
per capita was 41^^ and the cost per acre ^ 30.40. Ctroit spent, in 1.15, 



74y: per ca.pita, and v36-i.i5 ler acre cf i,ark. 

In Kansas the average uuu.jer of acres for citie? of the second class 
with a population of ov-r 5uC0 is 27 and the average total co;.t of n-aiate- 
nance is vl,63'.:.00. The avGrage number of acres for cities of the seconi 
class with a population of lest, than 500? is icf acres, with ,^253.00 for 
raaintonance cost, 

The ajisv-ers to the question, "Do you consider your park systea ade- 
quate?" rray Le surai,.ed up as follows: Of the cities of the first class, five 
answer no, four yes, and one failed to answer. Of .the cities of the second 
class, 26 answered no, 23 yes, and 15 did not ans^ver the question. Of the 
cities of the third clasi., 32 answered no (exclusive of those having no 
park) 56 yes, and 10 did not answer. 

■a:irty-one cities reported comfort stations. Fifteen of the cities of 
the first and second class report a park plan for the future, or a pari: 
system, I^ourteen cities of the third class report that they are planning to 
increase their parks to r.eot their increase in population, irking a total 
Of 29 With future plans lor their parks. The lar..;e number cf cities that 
are leaving the future to t.3ke care of itself in the way of rarks is unfor- 
tunate. Particularly is the very small tomi losin,. a .reat opj^ortunity in 
not getting land now while it is yet obtainable in desir aUo places. The 
first question to ask when considering a park is, "Do we intend to grow?" 
In a co.^.aratively now and sparsely settles s;;at. like Kan.as most cities 
must inevitably ^^ow. .lany cities today are suffering from the laok of 
foresight of the cit. officials of 20 years ago. Are wc willing to let the 
next generation suffer from our lack of foresight? Treos planted now -..ill 
make shade for the next generation. 



Cities f the Fivst Glr.ss 



Namo cf pop. Acres ; per- 

City •: ; .' sc ns 

: rer 



Atfhiy-n |L2,53d 

i 

Criie-villo !l3,&52 

Fcrt Scott t!.o,69J 

KutchinsQn g3,£98 

KaiisaG City tL01,17' 
i 

Leavenr,- rtli'?.6,S01 
Partcns ^16,028 

Pitts'jurj iie,u52 
Salina 



Topeka 
V/ichita 

iibilene 
Anthony ' 



p.5,085 

I 

) 

150,^22 

f72,i23 
I 

i 
t 

! 

I 4,895 
; 2,4S5 



i-rkario City ;11 ,253 
Augusta ; 4,219 

3D:xter Sp:3s.; 1,o-j:3 
3ei:evill3 ; 2,215 
Beloit ' 2,240 

B.imer Spjs* 1,5-il 
Burlin^tcn • 2,251 



Cr.ldvell 



:,r?i 



32 : 42 
15C : 71 

20 p. 165 
30 Cj 357 

nr ; 

60 ! 266 

3-i I 283 

150 i 100 

:227-Ji 220 

39u ; ICJ 



10 ; -±69 
6 I 4^.5 

20 ; 562 
It- 3L7oi 
.2^^ 53! 
2 



iO 
n 
5a 
15 



6i; 



'ffiairi.--" 
tonanc 



■i^asoo 

1683 

^-5000 

ksuco 

n -ne 

1000 

eooc 

5000 
38655 

50000 

CITIZS 

500 

10;. 

5938 

25. 



5-600 



45: 150v 



■per 
cr.p 
ita 



.15 
.12 
.46 

.06 
.48 
,33 
.77 
.69 

OF i'l; 

.10 
.C'9 
.53 



.15 



,66 



lei ar.e- 
qaate 



nc 

iiC 

no 

J"SS 

yes 
:;es 



)GNU 



yes 



lo n- 



uiid icrr-ied oy atreei 



* Several pieces cf vaCan. 

''f 100 ft. each, .no al^n^ t.ie rivar, ?r3 s.^vn in 

city f-r children. 



Sta- 
tions 



ntne 

4 
mn-e 
none 
n-ne 

1 

7 
?T.H, 

CLASt; 

n^ne 

ncne 

Jl 



n,r.s 

inter 
blue ^: 



Flacks 
fcr 
fu- 
ture 



nc 
yes 
yes 
yes 

n'. 

no 

yes; 
yes 
yes 
yes 

no 
nc 
yes 

nc 



deaxxi.'S 



iO :.niu)als 



111 rxirals 

45 aninnls gnd 
65 birds 



2 A. La:-e for 

S'KL.t i.ig 



Sniall ciuy park 



ccti-ilE and tv;:: stvips 

rasF and 3cev:t voo by the 



6. 



Cities of Soocnd G_?ss 



llaii^e of 


Pop. 


A.G-- ; 


Psr- ; 


cvry 




reo; 


"ons 1 

pf!l' r 






; 


A. i 


Cisnute 


10,286 


4c; 




Che rr;:vale 


i,325 


10 J 
1 


■:r3:^ ;] 


Chetopa 


1,699 


i 

■nonfl 

I 




Cl?.y Center 


3,715 


12; 


309 ; 


Columbus 


3,075 


71 


-^39 '1 


ConccaMlia 


5,229 


10! 

1 


522 j 


Cc--ir:.i il G,rov 


e2,405 




70 \i 


Loa^^-ij City ! 


5,0£T. 


22? 

f 
1 


230 j 


El I'orado 1 


10,995 


si 

» 


2199 1" 


i:nrporia I 


11,273 


1 

1 


2318 1 


Fredonia ' 




40! 


88 j 


C-a ' ena [ 


5,926 


no; 




C-ardon Cityt 


3,015 


looj 


50 ; 


CT2r-.i'^tt ; 


1,9?9 


4 


*99 i 


Crircrd ! 


2,917 


1 noj 




Greab Zenl '- 


■± , j2'^ 


1 ^ 


2-111 ; 




' z."^" 


'< }:io' 




Kays : 


2,35:' 


' i • ^» 




Ilerington ; 


4.255 


9 t 

: '4 
1 f 


GOV ]r. 


Hiavjatha : 


2,87C 




1435 1 


Helton : 


2, 6o6 


i 




Humboldt ; 


2,151 


i 

• 2 ; 
1 


10b5 j 






2000. : .19 
1000. ' .23 



1000. ; 

iiO I 
record! 

1200. : 

non6 : 
S500. 

2500. 

'A,'R. 

1000 



25. 



30C. 



.26 



.22 



• iiS 



.22' 



Centinajd. 



.C.>p-- L'-- ■ Ooo • ^^1 ans 
o "j. c A3 • • ■; J i'c A c .■ 

^tiOAo j,vxe 

t 

' — - - , --- — i- 1 -I 

r/es i 1 : no 



yes I no ; n9 



ReniarKs 



.2c|i' 



.009" 



,14 



no 

no 

yes 

no 

IT. 3. 

yes 



yes 

no 



i 1 jio 

none ; no 

1 i no 

1 ; no 

none ; yes 

none ; I'.H 

none ; no 

N.R. j IT.^ 

i 

1 ; 

1 I no 
1 J no 



none* yes 



3^6 s 



^i 



none 1 no 



1 ■ no 



Tourist Cai.'ip 



Recently acquired 
not yet developed 



Stato parlc c:: 
outskirts ox' cit^, 





Cities of 


second c 


l^ms continued 






KarjG of 
Citj- 


; pop, : Ac- ; Per- : 

; : res I sons ■ 


Cost 


Cos t 


1:\ ade-: 


fort Ik'or 


; Heirarks 




: ; J P^-^ ' 


ten^jipe 


per 


iuat3 .' 


sta- jjfu- 




,. ««^ -.--•,..„^. 


'. I I A. ' 


j 


capita 


r J 


tions riture 
.»»^«»»L- 




Indopend. 


ill, 920; 114 ; 1C5 ; 


5000. i 


.42 


i K.H. • 


N.E. I 2T.L. 




-■^ola 


: 8,515; 5 ;1702 ; 


^.^. j 




: no : 


K.R. 1 no 
1 




ou-ort. Citv 


: 7,516j 2-|- oOCo ; 


iT.il. : 




yes ; 


iT.H, ; no 




FAngJTexi 


i 2,255: 40 j 56 j 


600 j 
un- ; 


,26 


S<iS j 


none i no 




iiinsley 


;'1,794J 2 897 : 
f 1 1 • 


laio\^: 




no : 


none • no 

j 
1 


Also Tourist 
car.Y and Fair 
G-rouiids 


Lallarpe 


: 1,1621 k ^364 : 


none i 




yos j 


nono ! no 




Larnad 


2,9C0J 5 ! 590 j 


600. i 


• 24 


no ! 


none ' no 
1 




Lav;rence 


12,456: 2J 1 622 | 


1200 1 

1 


,096 


no j 


j 

none | yes 




T,i",-,pral 


2, 514 J no 1 j 


j 




N.H. i 


1 
none j N.R. 




Lindsbcrg 


2,123| 6 \ 580 • 


N.R. 




N.R. \ 


i 

none ; no 




Lyons 


2,516' 6 : 'xlO j 


IT.R.j 




yes j 


1 
1 ; no 




ife-ifm.-it'^n 


7,989: 45 : 17V j 


20 00 5 


• 2c 


no ; 


1 : no 




i.lr.rion 


1,951 ! 1 : 1951 i 


600 ; 


,30 


yes i: 


none ! no 




Ivia:'y?-i41e 


5,450; 7 . 495 1 


750 ; 


.22 ' 


no j: 


none j no 


2 comfort sta- 












j It ions to be 


fc'ji'hsrscn 


4,595 j 6 i 766 vl 


5-2<:00; 


.32-43. 


yes :: 


; jbuilt 5 J on 
1 j IT. H.I 1 Bufialo, 


Miriiv;av>o/ ;s; 


l,r22J 15 '128 : 


200 : 


.10 : 


yee ;: 


1 
none \ no 


7 dcor 


i..i;ilO'tirv ; 


i?,6jCj no \ ) 






K.r.. ;; 


none 5 no 




Ncodcsiia '• 


3,943! i2> :5i5 i 


1358. : 


.30 : 


no 1 ; 


ncno j iic 




Sevton ;■ 


9,761 i -.5 :217 • 


3500 : 


.35 ; 


L'ss ;• 


u/ 1 JCS 




Nicicerson ; 


1,167 1 no : : 






IT.ri. '<• 


1 

nono 1 N,H 




iTorton ! 


1,513: no : : 






IT.H.J 


none- 1 N.hI Parlr ov.nc:. by 




! : : 






1 


1 


Agric. Assoc. 



0« 



Citius of second class contiiuied. 



-lamo of 
cit:' 



Olatlie 
Oeajo Cit;; 
OscTv/r.tornie 
Osborno 

OsVvTGgO 

Ottav.'a 
Paola 
Pratt 
Rcscdalo 

Sabctha 

iicaniron 

Seneca 

StGi'liug 

StvClcton 

Weir 

\. inf ie 1 d 



Pop. 

3,535 

2,^23 
3,C70 
1,601 
2,258 

9,018 
3,592 

js.iii 

I?, 674 

I 
( 

!'1,C56 

|2,364 
nL,961 
^,21^. 
iL,291 

S,159 
4',935 



Ac- 
res 



Per- 

3 0ni3 

per 

Ao 



no 

172 j 165 

no 

4-3r 



15 

65 

30 
1 



355 

150 

156 

113 

5111 

232 



no 

no i 

no 

no 

no 

16 



■x4rO 



Go3 t 

main- 
tenancoi 



iuaavn 



3u0 
none 

il.R. 
1000. 
ncnc 



per 
cap- 
ita 



I 



.18 



.29 



Hoporti Col:- ^lans 
ed ade-^ fort ^or 
sta- iifut- 

none ; N.R. 

none 1 yes 
t 

none .' II. E. 

I 

1 



.03 



luatc 

IT.H.. 

no 

N.ll. 

no 

yes 

yes 
yon 
no 

II. H. 

S-ea. 

I 
} 

J IT.S. 

i:,'A. 
no 



none 

1 

1 

none 

no 

1 

none 
no 

no 
nc 
no 



no 
no 

no 
no 
no 
H.R. 

no 
N.H. 

no 
II. R. 
H.R. 
Il.ri. 
ye~ 



Remarks 



14 A. uhdevcl- 
oi^ed. 



,a700 in Public 
Park fund but 
not being used 



x'arlc recently 

dcnatod but 
not used. 



9. 

Note: To save space, those cities of the third class v/hich reported no park 
ard not lis tod. 











ciTi::^ CF 'r±] r 


{IHJ; C:l^ 


-SS. 






Uame of ; Pop. 


•: ■''''C" : 


Per- 


Co 3t -; 


'.oport ■ 


GOIE- 


rl'ais j ReiiT.rlcs 


city J 


' res : 


sons 


main--" " " "]Ter"~ ' 


jd ade- 


fort 


for 1 






-J or ' 


tonanco Cap- 


quate 


sta- 


fut- 






^ 


A, 


ita ; 




tions 


ure 




ji A J 

■ 1 • 





— 













Allen 1 311 |i : 


77 


75. . 


.21- 


no 


none 


yes 




1 '• 

Anaricus ;! 462 j2 ; 


168 


H.-i. 




y*2^ 


none 


no 




1 t ; 


9C 


200. , 


4'x 


yes r 


none 


no 




Arlington I 465 Ino 








no ; 


none 


5I0S 1 


Arnia 


L,792 |2 [ 


096 


none 




no 


none 


no Building a Com- 














i:.ur.ixy building 




; : 












; ii". park 


-iturora 


260 i 








no 


none 


yes i 


Seattle ; -.-70 J -l- 


956 


1T»_U 




no 


none 


:j.r.. i 


Belle Blaiih| <j17 &|- ; 


IbC 


N.H. 




no 


none 


no 




Barnes 1 -Crl? | 5 


^3 


EOG« 


>i4 


yes 


nv.nc 


no 










un- 












Belpre • 411 


2 


1C5 


knovm 




yes 


none 


nc 




Bison ; Ee5 


24- 


114 


none 




Jfes 


none 


yes 


Park not much 
used plan to 
develop soon 


Blue Ra;;idiJl,526 


25 


55 


20u. 


1 K 


yes 


2 


nc 




Broolcvillo ; 261 


2 


loC 


3C. 


• ^^. 


I; e s 


n'::^'j 


nc 




Bucklin ; 778 


5| 


222 


20'^'. 


,.25 


yo^ 


; n^ne 


II. i\. 




Buffalo : 72G 


i 


290^^ 


s::tcJ.1 




no 


: ncn- 


; lie. 3.. 




Burden 1 ':.10 


20 


2C 


-|- mil 


[ 


Sniv. 


; :T.ri, 


: N.B. 


: Park contains 
: Comrnunity bid, 

6A.-.vccds,g- 
• mile racetraci 


Burlinganc • 1,474 


35 


■i2 


; 500 


•.34 


: yes 


; 1 


: yes ; 




Canton ; 659 


6 


109 


: 90. 


;.i3 


: yos 


; none 


: -'^^ : 




Carbond-lc 


456 


3 


152 


: 10^. 


:.22 


: yos 


• none 


': ^ic : 





IC. 



I'Ip.rEe of 
city 



•orc.v:.or Cio; 
Chase 
Cheney 
Clailii. 
ClGar7-t2; 
Clyde 
Color.y 

Cul-cr 

ZJGGi-i'ijld 
Delphc-vS 
Di-Shzon 
-^ntar"ris: 



Pep. 

840 

25;:' 

61 >. 
C3j 

l;ill 

50-^ 

£i:: 

C72 

773 



eot 

62-v: 

41c 



Zudora 

ZlvcrGSo 

Fairviev. ; -.-la 

Florence | 1,256 
I 

Fov/ler ; 490 

GarfiGld • 320 



Greene 
Gypsum 



291 
639 



C 


Ltles .^i thir^" 


oIpsc 


Ac- 


: Pcr- 






Go b_t_._ 


sCS 


\ s;n3 


c-.in- 


- 


JCl' 




■>x-r 
A. 


to-ra: 


iC 


{ 4- •, 


4 


21 C 


3.00 




il" 


(^- 


126 


100 






10 


66 


IOC 




;i3 


^ 


244 






1062 

i; 


o 


1. 5 


I'«.."! 




»l 



24? 



10 



.38 



i3 



?!.H. 



300. ^36 

y 

200. >2;. 

25. ?.0^.- 

75. i.i: 
1: 

none ; 
12CC. 3.7; 

100. :'.3-:= 



:^ii.; 



cxntinu 


ud. 






I't-jp ":rt- 


\ Oo?::- 


iPle.na 


: Rerarlcs 


Od ide- 


I f(;rt 


■for 




jiuaco 


■ <3ta- 


• f'l.t- 




[ 


: tions 


\ ure 


1 


p'- 


: 1 


; ..c 




; yc:: 


I non-j 


; no 




• VGb 


; n'^ne 


no 




• 2/ OS 


\ nono 


no 




: yc^ 


■ none 


no 


•Par:-: J-J!6t purch- 
• o.s.jd» 


; yes 


; ncno 


no 




• ^/CS 


; none 


no 


2 i^arks, ont, 5A. 
for i-.iopnics, ether 
for -1— ---.^unds. 


; yos 


: nono 


yes 




l,OQ 


• none 


Y.,ii. 




\ l>,?.. 


■ K.xY. 


H.R. 




\ F.i\. 


N.F.. 


r.A. 


; No in,prcvGL-.ents 




K.E. 


i:.;H<, 


: Just plraitv-d 400 
; -re OS, no ooher 
; iarprcvoronts 


yes 


nunc 


ye;: 




no 


none 


no 




yec- 


none 


no 




ycc 


n wne 


nc 




no 


ncno 


I as 


; Ljnd laid out, 
; ";:v.t not developed 


no 


none 


yG3 




yes 


Ti-j-ae 


no 


I 9A. donated wit^i 
; iCCo.. for jieai'ly 
; uv'..o.:p. Other i A. 


nc 


"none 


no 


! '-j^-^", up ly ta:;?- 
; -.ic-.u 


no 


n -jV.q 


no 





CitiGs of third clr.ss contiuued. 



i<PJUi Oa 



Pop, 



Ac 
re 



iialutuad ■1,040 i 16 



Plavon :i 545 

'Havcnsvillei 335 

Highland -J 737 

Hcv.'ard 'il.OSO 

Huron j; 216 

Jewell ; 775 

Kcnsingtor ] 508 1 

Lane : 323 : 

Lc lioy ; 773 : 

Le\7is I ^12 : 

Li.icolnvili-e 258 ; 

Lost Spri^i^s 261 •' 

Louisvillu' : 231 I 

Ifeclcsvill -■ ' 753 ; 



J.L 



o 
2 
5 

1.) 
2i 



Jfeliaska • 201 ' 

riarqucttc .' XSi ;' 

i.Iclvern ;' .1-15 • 

Meridiaii ; 471 ] 

Miltonvp.l: | 912 • 

^uoran ' ^85 ; 



10 
11 



per ;: ten-vnoe; cap-: qvito ■', ota- 



Hercrt- Oo'-- 



5V :; 150 



272 
335 
737 
36v ; 
86 : 
561 i 
121 i 
430 : 

77 : 
137 : 

12s ; 

52 : 
23 : 

301 i 



330 
41 

155 
91 
62 



ci4 



yUS 



;Plans ; 
fo;- I 

;re 



11. 



Rer^rics 



no^ ;'ilalstead is well 
: supp;iea vnth parte, easiij' accossiMe and witi 
; najural scenery: a vVcco dam in the o^ittle 
: Arlt?jidas river creates good boating. ' 
50. ; .091 .VwS i none ; yes ; 



rji- : 
knovfli; 

un- : 
Imo-.vn, 



no 



; ysG 

N.x\.: : yes 

50o ; .21 ; yes 

50, ; .067 ; yes 

ICJ. ; .16 : yes 

; ; y®^ i 

w.ii.: ; no i 

IT. it.; '; no : 



none 
nono 
none 
none 



no 
no 
no 
no 



none j no ! 

none j no iPark set inshade 

! Jtrces 

none j no pity I.Iarshal's dutv 

I jt& care for park, 

none ; no I 

none : no J 



none ; no Park donated, city 
^ i ': ; ' keeps up 
iLj.; .30 . yes ; none '■ no ' 



100.; .43 :'; yes 
l^o^^'i ' nc 



none : no 

none : no P'ark piir chased rnd 



j and k-pt up' by venations and putlic subscr^v- 
tion. Jnimtroved exceijt for troos Mlanted, " 



50, ; . ; yes 
C5, : ,:i ; no 
20D j .^6 I yes 

10.1.021 
200.; „ 2." 



no 



none 

niT..'; 

n^ne 



no 
no 



^ 



12. 



Naae of 
citv 



;Pop. 






;.lcrrill 533 

Mound Valley 088 
.Mount Hope j 516 
jJuscotah 1 465 
Meosho Fal 1^536 
Ileoshc Rapili3321 



New Camtria 

Ncrcatur 

Nor.vich 

Oslcley 

Parkcrville: 

Pleas ant on 

Pomona 

Pcrtis 

Protection f721 

Ramcna-, J255 



185 
3S8 
432 
542 
172 
1516 

467 

1321 



Randall 



53G 



^vandolph {363 
I 

iteadinp- Q5C 
t 

Redficld ^55 

Republic Jr27 
Richmond p5C 



Cities of the third class continued 



AC-: I Per- .': 
res; ; sons'.'i'main- 
; J per '•'• te- 
■ I A. : I nance 
■■""■[ •[ 

1 l/^ 4C0 :;; 100. 

not ^jiven ; 

It jil2 i N.R. 

2^ iies I IT.R. 

2 ^60 : N.E. 

I i 

5 164 1 :i.R. 

not Jivcn ; 

r& • N.R. 

.5 incne 



3 
2 
1 

2i 
3 
5 
7 

4 

9 



J Report-; C.in> .PlanS 

per"] ed adc-;;' fct .'fo:r' 

ca-i>i q-'jate > sta- ''fut- 

3 tion«;;avG 



,19 ; yes 

; iJ.R. 



JN.R. 

j 

1 no 

N.R. 

bo 
ino 



yes 
yes 



^ 



216 ^one i 

i • 

172 I 25, i.l4 

505 • none j 

! 4 

■ t 

233 ' none • 

321 : xUO. 1.24 

2oC I I'-c. ■ ,13 jyos 

' ' i 

' I ' 

Co ; 15C 1 ,5C ^"^s 

■ I » 

67 '• N.R, I iyes 

; * r 

! ' 

51 I 150 i.41 p'cs 

* i * 

l7 t 25. !.w71 Jyes 

1 ' ♦ 

127 ; 4C ;.15 ^gg 

1 ' ' 

{105 ; 15C :.35 {ycs 

* > • < 

r I • r 

|35C ! 11,3, ; ^0 



;. no 
:; no 
:: N.R 



I noni. 

« none :; N.R 
* 

J none 



none 



none 



no 



no 



no 



J none .« no 

I :■ 

J none :! no 

t : 

none ; no 

1 
none 

1 : yes 

none i no 
) 



none t nc 



Remarks 



Two lots, band 
stand 

Ball ^rounc'jSOO 
)rnamGntal trees 
planted- Park 
purchased "by cit: 



Trees recently 

bl anted and cr-'^'iP-; 



L. 



none ♦ no 



13. 



Cities of third cla^-s contiiiucd. 



WS.UC of i Pop. I 



5 



Scdy.vick j 673 

i 
bicrr-'SorL i 290 

f 

Solomon 1,11'-' 

Spring Hill! 540 



Stafford 



,728 



St. Franc is I 49P 



St,:/Iarj,-s 1,031 

St. Paul I S06 

Sylvan G-rove 555 

'i'an]].a J 210 

I 

Tlia.yer ; 512 

Udall * 323 

t 

Lin ion town J 273 

t 
V/aoxigo |v572 

i 

i/averly I 689 
■ucllsville • 735 
Who at on 
V;'hitinr^ 



i l^JC 

4 



Wilsoy 

VJilson 



• 390 
I 291 
1,026 



1^; inches tcr J -iS? 
T;;indoni J 193 



Ac- 
res 



2t 
5 

2|- 
2 
5 
2 

2u 

5 

3 

22 

5 

1 

9 
15 
16 



; Pcr- 

4 S Oils 

: per 

: A- 



..Oo^-o J 

ir- '-:or 1 



ed ac.e- 



'orr,- ! ?lan£J Remarxs 



' 269 

I 58 

( 444 

I 

1 270 

3^x5 

249 

51 
ICl 
lc.5 

G4 
lv.2 
323 

32 
lL:4 

6u 
3G7 

9o 
125 

20 
66 



to- ,c-p- 
nancc ;ita 

K.H. : 

i ; 

I none 
I ', 

; 25. 4 022 

I 

» ; 

I W.P.. : 

! 75l. .43 
JS.R. i 

; 5u'-,. ,4:7 

I 100 .11 

I none I 

I • 
( ' 
• none t 



; fcvz ; Lor ;; 
; E"ja-- ! fut- •) 






yes 

yes 

yes 

yes 

yes 

yes 

no 

no 



;f 25-250 J24-4tJ 
t t 
i none ; 

j 50. .i? 
» ; 

! 120 J .fs 

I 

* 50. .l^ 

i 

! ncne 

t- 

1 I'l.fto 

t 

i i^.h. 

I at no 
I none 
! 15, 



none 



none 1 no '.; 

I ; 

none '• no : 

j ' 

none ! no ; 



{ none 1 no ; 

5 ! 

I none 5 no ; 



none j no ; 



yes 

yes 

no 

yes 

yes 

no 

yes 

yes 

no 

no 

no 

K.Pt. 



; none j yes > 

I 1 : no i 

: • ' 

» none ♦ no IJo improvements 



j n. j 



nnnc I no Bark new, few 

! iracs 

I none | no ; 



J none j no i 



i 1 : r.Rj 

1 T * 

I , J 

{ none j no ■ 

! none ' no i 

i \ ; 

I ncne} N.Hl 



none i no 



1 



none J no f 



none • no 



none I no i 
\ > 

ncne j no jNc iriii;rovcnx:nc: 



The idea of a park as a jlaca to Qo and s-'.t on stiff benches 
and listen to a band conceri ouce a v;eak: or le'' y.^'ur eyo rest upon 
round, oval, hjx:anF,ular or octangular ornaT'^nt/al ..•]o-vver beds — tut 
beware lest your foot rest ever so lightly upon the neat little grass 
plots bctT;een narr>:w paths this idea of a park i'^ rapidly disappear- 
in-. The number cf parks that arc equipped \;ith play--ground apiaratus 
is ?n indication of the tendency to rcg'ard parks as a place of active 
recreation rather than ixcr-ly a pleasant; spot to look upon. 

The follovjin,.: cities reported SUP::HVISI;D playgrounds: 

Fort icott, Z> supervisors, -.- playgrount.^, year EBound. 

V/ichita, 11 supervisors, 5 playgrounds, year around. 

Topeka, 3 supervisors, 15 assictants, playgrounds, Jianc,July, iiugust. 

Cawkor City, 5 supervisors, 2 playgrounds, hours, 9-lE and 1-5, June, July, Aug, 

Aiithony, 1 supervisor, 1 playground, yuno , July, .lugust. 

Clay Gonccr, 1 supervisor. 

Hays, 1 suporviscr, 1 playground, hours, 5 ?.:,!. tc 9 P.M. llay to November. 

Jix^.cticn City, 1 supervisor, 1 playgro-jnd, hours C A.^.:. till dark, April to 

Oct. 
La-'-.'renoo , 1 supervisor, 2 playgrounds, aftern-.ns 1-6 P.M.August to Sapt. 

I(I?mattnn, 2 superviscrs, 2 play jTomids, afternoons, June till Sept. 

Newton, ?. aupei-vinors, 3 playgrctmds , G:Z0-4:30. 

V/ infield, 2 sUj^.orvisors , 5 ilaygrounds, 6 k.'A. to 6 P.:.I. June to Sept. 

The following cities, in addition to those rex^orting supervised 

play^rour.ds report I'laygrcund apparatus in the parkt 

Coffeyville, Kansas City, Pitcrburg, Salina, Arkansas City, 3urlington, 

Concordia, Humboldt, Lc i.cy. 



15. 



The f ollovTinf^' cities rcpurtod pla'^f^r oujid apparatus in cormection 
with the school croijnds. Hcv\'over, this list is net complete as the 
question v;as not asked dii^octly p.ud probably nany cities uid not 
uiention the school playgrounds^ 
Cities of the bcconi Class 



Gamett 

3rcat Bend 

iferysville 

^•icPherson 

Neodesha 

ITorton 

OsacG City 

Osborne 

■?aola 



Cities of third cl ass 

Aurora 

3ellc Plain 

Bennington 

Beverly 

Buhler 

Barns 

Bushton 

Canton 



Cities of the third class Chas o 

.ilden Chautauqua 

^^-enda. Clyde 

Ari-cricxifi Coats 

:ir{j'onia Colony 

Arffa Diiswcrth 

arlincton Lnt^lev.ood 

Florence 



Frederick 

Galva 

Goodland 

Hal stead 

Lehigh 

Longford 

iilcKonald. 

Ok etc 

Quene mo 

Ominoer 

3t.:/Iarys 

Simpson 

S'pcarville 

Jamego 

Wilson 

\'J irche s tor 

\joodston 



16. 



No. 



Date 



10. LlGCtric Light and POT/cr r.atos in 182 Kansas Citios 

(Out of Print; 1918 

11. Cities in ilansas having -ifeiicipal Lightinc Sjrstcrrs 
(Corrected to da.tc ) 

12. Cities in Kansas having ^iunicipal './atcr './orlcs 
(Corrected to date) 

13. 2ax Hates and Assessed Valuations in Kruisis Cities 1919 



I'i. iTie City vfenat:er Plan of ::unici:,al Governnent 



1919 



15. GhamLers of Cemr.ercu and other Civic and CccrT'ercial 
Organisations of Kansas 1919 

16. Officials of Kansas Cities 1919 

17. The C-ovcrnivent of Hays, Kan s is 1919 

18. Heguiatioia cf Traffic at Street Intersections in Kansas 



19. 'w'ctDon's Halation to fne City 



1919 
1920, 



20. A Hei^ort on Police DcpartLTnts in Sevente>jn Kannas Cities 

of first and secunl class and Tvjcnty-f ive out-of-state citioGl920 

21. The Regula.tion of Bill':)uards in Kansas Cities 1920 

22. Officials of Kansas Cities 1920 

23. Tax Hates an?. Assessed Valuations in Kansas Cities 1320 
2-x. Jlectric Lignt ana _ cwor Hatos in 259 Kriisas Citios 1921 

25. \7ater Rates in 161 Kansas Cities 1921 

26. Parlis ?jid Playgrounac in K.uisas 1921, 

27. D-laries of City Clerks in Kaiisas 1921 
29. City Of.ici-ls in Kansas 1921 



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